Aluminium in Acid Soils
Dragana Krstic, Dragoslav Nikezic
University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science
Ivica Djalovic
Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops
Dragana Bjelic
University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Agronomy
Serbia
Soil acidity is a limiting factor affecting the growth and yield of many crops all over the world. The basic problems concerning chemical properties of more acid soils are, besides acidity itself, the presence of toxic compounds and elements, such as soluble forms of Al, Fe and Mn, nitrites and various toxic organic acids. Aluminium (Al) toxicity is one of the major constraints on crop productivity on acid soils, which occur on up to 40% of the arable lands of the world.